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Written question asked by Colin Breed (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 9 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 May 2003. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money Britain contributes to each of the OCCAR projects; what proportion this represents of the total costs of each of the projects; and what proportion this represents of the total OCCAR budget. - (Holding answer 1 May 2003).
Answer

Mr. Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money Britain contributes to each of the OCCAR projects; what proportion this represents of the total costs of each of the projects; and what proportion this represents of the total OCCAR budget. [109085] Mr. Ingram :[holding answer 1 May 2003]: The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) currently manages seven collaborative defence equipment programmes. Of these, the UK participates in the COBRA (Counter Battery Radar) and BOXER (Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle) programmes. The UK does not participate in, nor contribute towards, the other OCCAR programmes, which include the TIGER helicopter, and FSAF, ROLAND and HOT/ MILAN missile systems programmes. OCCAR's budgeting and accounting is in cash terms. On this basis, the UK's expected monetary contribution to OCCAR for the current phases of the BOXER and COBRA programmes, and our share of these costs is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Programme UK contribution UK share (percentage) BOXER 40 32 COBRA 99 23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These figures relate only to contracts that are currently in place, and cover the UK's expected contribution towards both acquisition costs and OCCAR running costs for the relevant contract phase. OCCAR budgets for subsequent contract phases have still to be established. OCCAR programme equipment budgets are calculated individually involving only OCCAR and the national participants concerned. The UK does not therefore have, nor do we need, visibility of all OCCAR's budgets. However, it is intended that OCCAR will produce annual total cost figures that will quantify the overall scale of its operations each year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
109085; 404 c574-5W;404 c572-3W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Defence Costs Defence equipment Finance International cooperation OCCAR
Link
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